Projected Quantities of Grain and Fertilizer Requiring Transportation Services in Iowa in 1979-80 and 1984-85, by Counties: CARD Report 51, November 1974

(1974) Projected Quantities of Grain and Fertilizer Requiring Transportation Services in Iowa in 1979-80 and 1984-85, by Counties: CARD Report 51, November 1974. Iowa State University

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Abstract

The Iowa grain and fertilizer industries are in a period of major adjustment to changing demand and transportation conditions. Owners and managers of grain and fertilizer facilities have a need for information on the trends in grain acreage, production, sales, and fertilizer requirements. These types of information are needed in planning for storage, distribution, and transportation facilities in the years ahead. There are no regularly published data on commercial grain sales--the quantity of grain moving out of the county where it is produced. The Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service annually prepares state estimates of the quantities of grain sold off farms where the grain is produced. However, these estimates include farm-to-farm and farm-to-elevator-to-farm sales and therefore do not accurately reflect the quantities moving through commercial channels beyond the country elevator.